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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Bitter Grounds, and Other People.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does June say before October's story begins?
(a) She thinks October should wait until last to tell his story.
(b) She would like to be in the chair next month.
(c) She sometimes feels as if they are being watched.
(d) She doesn't like horror stories.

2. In October's story, who first nicknames the boy Runt, and why?
(a) His brothers name him Runt, because he is younger, smaller and weaker than them.
(b) His parents name him Runt, because he is their least favorite child.
(c) His teacher names him Runt after a character from a book who was small and weak.
(d) He names himself Runt, to show that he doesn't care what others say about him.

3. How does the detective know that the narrator was in Afghanistan?
(a) He is wearing military grade boots that were given to soldiers in Afghanistan.
(b) He is wearing his war medal.
(c) His shoulder injury is consistent with Afghan cave-folk torture methods.
(d) The detective also served in Afghanistan and remembers seeing him there.

4. How did the narrator first meet the detective?
(a) They sat next to each other at the theatre.
(b) The detective consulted him on a case.
(c) He was looking for somewhere to live.
(d) He met him in the army.

5. Where does a woman from the bar take the narrator?
(a) Back to the hotel.
(b) To a bar for gumbo.
(c) To an abandoned house.
(d) To a graveyard.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are the other three men at the club on the night they tell each other ghost stories?

2. What is the first story about?

3. Why does August stop the story before the storyteller can finish?

4. Who is trying to attack Amelia as she hides in the woodcutter's cottage?

5. What is the name of the club in the story 'Closing Time'?

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